Flu Shots for All Children Recommended

The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently voted to extend its recommendations for annual flu shots for children. Current recommendations cover children aged 6 months to 5 years but the new recommendations urge vaccinations for all children between the ages of 6 months and 18 years unless the child has a serious egg allergy. Other groups of people considered at risk of serious complications from influenza include anyone with a compromised immune system and all adults 50 and older. The panel’s recommendations that these people get annual flu shots remains in effect. Read more